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i wouldn't say we saw the radicalization of barack obama. but we saw... i think this was the most ideologically assertive inaugural address since ronald reagan's first speech, this being the unreagan. >> brown: was it in overt language or symbols or we were talking earlier today as we were talking about the code... >> there was a coded language. talking about takers, we're not a nation of takers and so forth making reference to the sword and those kinds of things. he knows references that he knows people will understand and that codes people will get. so it was really about ideas. one of the things that i mentioned before about him not mentioning names, it was about ideals and ideas. so he was there, i think, summoning the will that beverly talked about. saying we are here together. this is your country. we are citizens. let's make it happen. it is very ideolodge igal. this is barack obama saying who he actually is >> brown: and what is that? i mean, what came through that connects, you're talking about the connection to roosevelt and other presidents in
i wouldn't say we saw the radicalization of barack obama. but we saw... i think this was the most ideologically assertive inaugural address since ronald reagan's first speech, this being the unreagan. >> brown: was it in overt language or symbols or we were talking earlier today as we were talking about the code... >> there was a coded language. talking about takers, we're not a nation of takers and so forth making reference to the sword and those kinds of things. he knows...
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this is a real body blow to those who accuse president obama of being a socialist. this is lardly a socialistic approach. in addition, i mean for not taking difficult political stands, he's been bombarded by the libral part of his own party and many liberal groups. you know, i think, judy, that he's probably the last best chance we're going have to reach any kind of a big, semi big agreement is what the president is going to unveil in his budget next wednesday. and i think it's absolutely legitimate point on his side to say that the republicans have come up with revenue if we are going to do this, because this is a blow to the democrats. it's been the holy grail of the democratic party platform for the past 70 years, social security. and you know, i think in that sense we'll find out whether the common sense caucus that editorial writers and some of the leading pundits, whether it's the lock necessary monster of american politics or whether it's a reality. >> i think he's taking the right approach. we have the patty murray, the senate democratic budget over here. th
this is a real body blow to those who accuse president obama of being a socialist. this is lardly a socialistic approach. in addition, i mean for not taking difficult political stands, he's been bombarded by the libral part of his own party and many liberal groups. you know, i think, judy, that he's probably the last best chance we're going have to reach any kind of a big, semi big agreement is what the president is going to unveil in his budget next wednesday. and i think it's absolutely...
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talked about in 2008. the change you can believe in, the change you work for. >> what has president obama done for labor in these last four years? >> well, i think he's tried to do quite a bit. i think in his heart he definitely supports, you know, working families. part of the outcome piece is what gets through the u.s. congress. so he definitely supported health care bill much more like speaker pelosi than what we ended up getting through the senate finance committee, onto the senate floor and eventually adopted a year later. he definitely supported workers' rights legislation. he definitely supported much more agressive moves to stop the foreclosures. he definitely supported climate change. so part of this is really -- you know, we would love to see more active white house support for these democracy initiatives so that the change that i'm sure he still believes in has some reality to it instead of just on the back bench somewhere. >> did he fight hard enough? i don't want to put you on the spot. yeah,
talked about in 2008. the change you can believe in, the change you work for. >> what has president obama done for labor in these last four years? >> well, i think he's tried to do quite a bit. i think in his heart he definitely supports, you know, working families. part of the outcome piece is what gets through the u.s. congress. so he definitely supported health care bill much more like speaker pelosi than what we ended up getting through the senate finance committee, onto the...
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and so we spent a lot of time at the beginning of the campaign in 200 and 2008 talking about obama's biography and some of the formative experiences in his life. because it gave, it gave life to his message. i think one of the problems that governor romney had in this last campaign was that he made a lot of faustian bargains in order to get the nomination. and people weren't quite sure who he was or what he believed. >> rose: but then you guys helped him decide early on in the campaign. >> well, you know, campaigns being what they are, they are a healthy competition. and we engaged in it. >> rose: i want to come back to that point. in how you spent a lot of money early on to define him. but he has said that in some way 20s 12 was more satisfying because it was a confirmation. >> yes. >> rose: of what he had done. >> right. and beyond that, i think that's important. but i think more than that, we had, you know, when you strip all of the noise and sound and fury away, there weren't two distinct philosophies about america, about our economy, i mean 2 was a very healthy debate and it has
and so we spent a lot of time at the beginning of the campaign in 200 and 2008 talking about obama's biography and some of the formative experiences in his life. because it gave, it gave life to his message. i think one of the problems that governor romney had in this last campaign was that he made a lot of faustian bargains in order to get the nomination. and people weren't quite sure who he was or what he believed. >> rose: but then you guys helped him decide early on in the campaign....
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and barack obama would have looked humiliated again. >> a great "washington week" to talk about that. gwen: even better to be in the room. and we would like to do that. there was another big topic. renewed threats from al qaeda that brought about u.s. evacuations this week from yemen. which raised the question, has al qaeda as promised been des meated? -- decimated? this is the president's answer. >> this tightly organized and relatively centralized al qaeda that attacked us on 9-11 has been broken apart. and is very weak. and does not have a lot of operational capacity. and to say we still have these regional organizations like aqap that can pose a threat. that can drive potentially a truck bomb into an embassy wall and can kill some people. gwen: so was that the fear of what was happening this week and that's why americans were evacuated? >> yes. the officials i've spoken to say that was precisely the fear in yemen. it started in yemen. was the threat to blow up the u.s. embassy or the british embassy. and they thought truck bombs were out there. it expanded the threat. one of the t
and barack obama would have looked humiliated again. >> a great "washington week" to talk about that. gwen: even better to be in the room. and we would like to do that. there was another big topic. renewed threats from al qaeda that brought about u.s. evacuations this week from yemen. which raised the question, has al qaeda as promised been des meated? -- decimated? this is the president's answer. >> this tightly organized and relatively centralized al qaeda that attacked...
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does an extraordinary peach how great obama is and obama never heard him talk about him, clinton talk about obama like that and goes to the car and campaign manager and says that was kind of amazing what bill clinton just said about me. eventually, he gives clinton the peeking role at the convention, this is a thing where obama needs clinton, but clinton also needs obama because it puts him back in the spotlight, mark and i both commented about this an. >> rose: i have to excuse you because you have other demands. i am glad you were here. >> we will continue this another time when we get you both together i have a couple of questions -- thank you very much. good to see you. john heilemann coauthor of "double down", game change, 2012. we continue with clinton, what else can we add to this relationship that is so up and down? >> well, i think it is clear that by the end of the book the love story if not fully consummated as i don't know said they are one political family and the other thing i would add and go back to the biden piece of this, which really least joe biden the odd man out.
does an extraordinary peach how great obama is and obama never heard him talk about him, clinton talk about obama like that and goes to the car and campaign manager and says that was kind of amazing what bill clinton just said about me. eventually, he gives clinton the peeking role at the convention, this is a thing where obama needs clinton, but clinton also needs obama because it puts him back in the spotlight, mark and i both commented about this an. >> rose: i have to excuse you...
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he has got to talk to a wider circle of advisers. he has to be big. he has become small. >> on that same row graham -- program, you appeared to be open-minded about barack obama. what is your take on him now? >> at the time, i did not know anything about him other than he was a charismatic speaker. he made a great speech at the 2004 democratic convention that electrified the country. it was a sign of his promise. i think his problem was he showed that charisma in that speech and in the 2008 campaign. it turns out, you cannot govern a country on charisma. >> your take seven years and a couple of months later? >> charisma is not unimportant. in the final analysis, americans judge presidents not on ideology but on results. at adeologue looks situation and says what is right works. most americans say what works is right. ronald reagan cut taxes, tripled the debt, and left with 65% approval. bill clinton raised taxes, balanced the budget for the first time in 40 years, and left with 65% approval -- after being impeached. in both cases, the voters look at t
he has got to talk to a wider circle of advisers. he has to be big. he has become small. >> on that same row graham -- program, you appeared to be open-minded about barack obama. what is your take on him now? >> at the time, i did not know anything about him other than he was a charismatic speaker. he made a great speech at the 2004 democratic convention that electrified the country. it was a sign of his promise. i think his problem was he showed that charisma in that speech and in...
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this is the kind of thing we're talking about. >> that's right. the public narrative, i think, really is the government must -- trust president obama. the government must know what it's doing. so when these people died, there was probably a good reason for it. and you actually don't have to tell us what it is. we trust you. that's where democracies die. that's where we go wrong. you should never ever trust that the government is being completely and totally honest about the mistakes that it's making. and the stakes are so high for both the law, for our foreign policy, and for civilians in a killing program that we should be doubly concerned in getting that information out there, so that we make sure that we don't make those mistakes or we correct them when we do. >> let's close with a brief discussion on the issue of surveillance and eavesdropping. on the 31st of december, the president extended this controversial wiretapping act until 2017. the f.i.s.a. act? >> foreign intelligence surveillance act. >> right. are you both troubled by the seeming
this is the kind of thing we're talking about. >> that's right. the public narrative, i think, really is the government must -- trust president obama. the government must know what it's doing. so when these people died, there was probably a good reason for it. and you actually don't have to tell us what it is. we trust you. that's where democracies die. that's where we go wrong. you should never ever trust that the government is being completely and totally honest about the mistakes that...
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obama spoke first. >> the president made it pretty clear when he talked to us, you know, "we're between you and the pitchforks, guys. and you need to just acknowledge that." >> the bankers have essentially made a decision that they're prepared to go along with what needs to be done to resolve this problem, to get the public back on the side of corporate america. >> narrator: but as the meeting progressed, to their astonishment, it became clear the president was in no mood for confrontation. >> what's interesting is that the next statements and the rest of the meeting essentially is obama skinning back as fast as he can on that pitchfork's punch. and he says right after that, "what we have, gentlemen, is a public relations disaster that's turning into a political disaster. and i'm here to help." >> i interpreted it as kind of a watershed time. banks are the catalyst to get us out of this morass that we're in. you can talk so long about the past, but at some point, you've got to look at the present and the future. and i thought that's what he was saying. >> narrator: the president had dec
obama spoke first. >> the president made it pretty clear when he talked to us, you know, "we're between you and the pitchforks, guys. and you need to just acknowledge that." >> the bankers have essentially made a decision that they're prepared to go along with what needs to be done to resolve this problem, to get the public back on the side of corporate america. >> narrator: but as the meeting progressed, to their astonishment, it became clear the president was in no...
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we will talk about that next. >> i definitely believe there needs to be a vote. we are scheduled to come back in session one week from monday. there is ample work the president can do in consultation with congressional leadership about this until we are back. ofthat of senator tim kane virginia, a former democratic chairman, who says there needs to be a congressional vote on syria before the president takes action. house speaker john boehner wrote a long letter to the president, posing a number of questions -- among them, does the administration have contingency plans should the strikes implicate former -- foreign power interest? "is essential you establish on what basis any use of force would be legally justified an hour comports with the exclusive underting -- authority article one of the constitution." does the article require the president to look to congress? >> this is a question on which we have never had a ruling from the court because it is not like to adjudicate between the executive and the legislature. it is a constant fight. we have seen in our lifet
we will talk about that next. >> i definitely believe there needs to be a vote. we are scheduled to come back in session one week from monday. there is ample work the president can do in consultation with congressional leadership about this until we are back. ofthat of senator tim kane virginia, a former democratic chairman, who says there needs to be a congressional vote on syria before the president takes action. house speaker john boehner wrote a long letter to the president, posing a...
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barack obama is likely to find a new israeli government less concerned about peace talks but very preoccupied about the unstable state of the wider region. what mr. obama will hear from his israeli counterparts is israel is very jittery. they are preparing for a fallout as syria disintegrates and hezbollah rearms. >> we are getting ready to shoot back and to be much more aggressive or much more decisive in this war in order to make this war and as quick as possible. mereve years ago as a presidential candidate, barack obama net and family rebuilding their home after a rocket attack from gaza. whatever impact he made then has long worn off. >> he says he is like any other color vision but acknowledges he has been a very good friend to israel. and a difficult trip. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come, pope francis celebrates his first public mass as leader of the catholic church, showing signs of changes to come already. just six months after being shot in the head by the taliban today, a girl returns to school. targeted for campaigning to get girls the same rights and was
barack obama is likely to find a new israeli government less concerned about peace talks but very preoccupied about the unstable state of the wider region. what mr. obama will hear from his israeli counterparts is israel is very jittery. they are preparing for a fallout as syria disintegrates and hezbollah rearms. >> we are getting ready to shoot back and to be much more aggressive or much more decisive in this war in order to make this war and as quick as possible. mereve years ago as a...
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air force one of president obama showing photos of his paintings to hillary clinton. i like that kind of bipartisanship. >> i love the photo of the president with the danish prime minister, which i have to say. and you know, it kept me going for a couple of days after that. i mean there is hope for all of us. >> did you see the full length? >> yeah, i saw most. >> clarence? >> i think that the reunion of governor chris christie in may, it was what, the 2012 reducts. >> i would have to go along with this. the picture of every chump, taking a selfie with the danish president. at the memorial service for nelson mandela while first lady michelle obama who looked. check out the website for the series that depict the unfolding drama. >>> okay, the enough already award. pat buchanan. >> alec baldwin battle with the paparazzi. >> eleanor. >> tea party. >> is that it? >> enough already, yes. tea party. >> well, eleanor, that is quite condensed. >> the italian prime minister who was finally sentenced to four years in prison after god knows how many years of ripping off everythi
air force one of president obama showing photos of his paintings to hillary clinton. i like that kind of bipartisanship. >> i love the photo of the president with the danish prime minister, which i have to say. and you know, it kept me going for a couple of days after that. i mean there is hope for all of us. >> did you see the full length? >> yeah, i saw most. >> clarence? >> i think that the reunion of governor chris christie in may, it was what, the 2012...
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in other words, put your differences aside, sit down at the table and talk. we will find out if they listen to that message. >> what is your understanding from the israeli government about how they have received his visit? >> two israeli government official said a short time ago that obama has taken over israel. they have been charmed by the american president. they have listened to his words, listen to what they thought was a very strong show of support for israel, their needs, american support of israel. they have not liked some of the talk of how he would go about the negotiations, but it would be interesting to conduct opinion polls now which before his visit showed the skepticism about barack obama. i think there is less skepticism now, there is still skepticism about whether it is truly possible to make peace. >> ok, thank you. for more on president obama's trip, i am joined now by the former jordanian former minister, and i want to pick up where we left off. president obama went to israel with an 11% approval rating. during the charm offensive the past
in other words, put your differences aside, sit down at the table and talk. we will find out if they listen to that message. >> what is your understanding from the israeli government about how they have received his visit? >> two israeli government official said a short time ago that obama has taken over israel. they have been charmed by the american president. they have listened to his words, listen to what they thought was a very strong show of support for israel, their needs,...
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this is a republican proposal which they pushed during the fiscal cliff talks. the question is going to be will they support additional revenue raisers which the obama administration says are necessary for them to go further on entitlements. this should not be seen as the last offer on entitlement reductions. more to come if we get into real negotiations this spring. >> john, address the whole timetable on this. why is this release of the president's budget so -- we have the house and the senate who have passed their budgets and are we really going to get a deal? >> i don't know if we pe'll get deal, but this is lowering the temperature and part of doing that is for the president to do that himself who is a polarizing figure to step away from the discussion. let the house do its budget which they have done. the senate do their budget which they've done and now the president's trying to come in as peacemaker at the end. that's why they delayed the budget. >> john harwood, thanks very much. >>> following up on a story from a few weeks ago, the federal aviation adm
this is a republican proposal which they pushed during the fiscal cliff talks. the question is going to be will they support additional revenue raisers which the obama administration says are necessary for them to go further on entitlements. this should not be seen as the last offer on entitlement reductions. more to come if we get into real negotiations this spring. >> john, address the whole timetable on this. why is this release of the president's budget so -- we have the house and the...
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we talked about how the crowds weren't as big, without the excitement that was there in 2009, that was gone but did you find them excited? -- >> the excitement was replaced with something different, but a more solid pride that this is a historic achievement, the nation's first african-american president reelected with a majority of the popular vote. this was the sense that people wanted to be part of. african-americans returned to vote in the selection in higher numbers than 2008. it was an extraordinarily proud day and how awful it would of been if he had not been reelected. -- >> this is like a microcosm of the constituencies that came out in force. watching the president being sworn in on the big screen at the mall, and the tears coming down his face because this was a moment for him -- not just the election but the real action, he was reelected because he ran on his record, and you can be watching the whole day how well this is put together. this is as close to or royal coronation as americans come. did you see the red coats as part of the marching band -- when you have overthrown
we talked about how the crowds weren't as big, without the excitement that was there in 2009, that was gone but did you find them excited? -- >> the excitement was replaced with something different, but a more solid pride that this is a historic achievement, the nation's first african-american president reelected with a majority of the popular vote. this was the sense that people wanted to be part of. african-americans returned to vote in the selection in higher numbers than 2008. it was...
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. >>> we're talking about a new executive order by president obama requiring local governments and federal agencies to account for climate change when they undertake big new projects. for more, we're joined from washington by margaret tolive. if we're just catching up here, what were those changes? what was the executive order saying? >> so the executive order is telling federal agencies and local governments and especially federal agencies to analyze all of the risks that climate change may have to their missions and what they do, to talk about what they are already doing and what they should be doing and sets up a task force to put all of these suggestions and recommendations together and analysis over the next nine months. >> does the forecast have any teeth or how does it work across the different agencies? >> what is interesting about this task force is it is laying down the policy inside the obama administration for the sort of stuff he can't do through congress and so the real question comes to funding. we need "x" amount of dollars to rebridge this bridge, shore up this shoreline,
. >>> we're talking about a new executive order by president obama requiring local governments and federal agencies to account for climate change when they undertake big new projects. for more, we're joined from washington by margaret tolive. if we're just catching up here, what were those changes? what was the executive order saying? >> so the executive order is telling federal agencies and local governments and especially federal agencies to analyze all of the risks that...
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. >> we talked so much in 2008 about how obama's campaign brought in a new generation of voters. and he had done what no politician or very few politicians had been able to do. what do we see in 2012? does he keep that up? >> he didn't. every -- other than the black voting population, every other population went down. and the young people were among them. they were one of the biggest falls. about 2.5 million of them stayed home this time. and that can be of concern for the democrats if that's -- if these were their lost voters. because voting is a habit. and one of the big things in 2008 was that the young people got involved. and if they could hold them, the experts say two cycles, when you're voting, you're almost there. the more you do it, the more you're going to be coming back. and so for the falloff among young people, that is of particular concern. >> there's been so much talk about latino voters and how they were crucial to barack obama's two victories. is that group still growing? >> that group is going to be the most interesting to watch. their turnout rate was only 48%
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so in other words when barack obama says, you know, this war, like all wars, has to come to an end. it's not solely up to us. that said, i think -- you know i think it's a healthy thing to dial back the rhetoric. after 9/11 and, again, with all -- you have to be sympathetic to george w. bush and his administration. we now have 12 years where we can think about our reactions to what happened and analyze it and obama can approach these issues with a cooler head. that said, the rhetoric that that came out of that period turns out not to have been helpful and i they the president believes is that we can manage and contain the threat of islamist terrorism, that this country strong enough to manage it and deal with in the a mature way and another quick point-- and this is my clear impression sds is that he was heartened by the reaction of typical americans, the average american, to the boston attacks. in other words, there was no clamor to try this surviving suspect in a military tribunal. people said the courts are fine. there was no, ma'am large-scale or even small-scale retaliation aga
so in other words when barack obama says, you know, this war, like all wars, has to come to an end. it's not solely up to us. that said, i think -- you know i think it's a healthy thing to dial back the rhetoric. after 9/11 and, again, with all -- you have to be sympathetic to george w. bush and his administration. we now have 12 years where we can think about our reactions to what happened and analyze it and obama can approach these issues with a cooler head. that said, the rhetoric that that...
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gwen:with thousands killed and hundreds more poisoned allegedly by chemical weapons, the obama administration makes the case action in syria. tonight, on "washington week." tough talk -- >> there's no doubt who is responsible for this heinous use of chemical weapons in syria, syrian regime. timing.ptoe >> i have not made a decision. i have gotten options from our military. gwen: and today, a fierce appeal to the american people. previous storms in history have gathered when unspeakable within our power to stop them, we have been warned temptations of looking the other way. gwen: the crisis over syria boiling point. britain bows out and the u.s. to weigh in.ns >> we have to act. once the red line has been crossed, once chemical weapons have been used, i believe the president has to take action. >> i definitely believe there be a vote. gwen: and syria prepares. >> we are in a state of war now preparing ourselves for the worst scenario. gwen: is the u.s. on the verge of limited but certain war? covering the week, peter baker times," johnork harwood of cnbc and the "new and indira , lakshmanan of
gwen:with thousands killed and hundreds more poisoned allegedly by chemical weapons, the obama administration makes the case action in syria. tonight, on "washington week." tough talk -- >> there's no doubt who is responsible for this heinous use of chemical weapons in syria, syrian regime. timing.ptoe >> i have not made a decision. i have gotten options from our military. gwen: and today, a fierce appeal to the american people. previous storms in history have gathered...
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>> the president talked candidly about how difficult it is when you have rick perry and rick scott in texas and florida respectively, opposing this. in the westo i was wing and i had a senior obama aide tell me that by this time this would be more popular than the super bowl. this has not happened, you have democrats who are apprehensive about this. >> democrats are nervous about the failure thus far to inform people of the benefits and what will be good about this. that john has not been done. when you have a great communicator like the president, the lack of communication on this issue is really on their finger and disturbing to a lot of democratic candidates. >> over time you will see 30 million more americans covered by this act. they do have to execute that. >> this is the benefit that they will be able to point back to four years from now. look at the people now getting cover that did not have it before. >> an interesting political had appointments. >> it is really interesting, he spent the last couple of weeks doing this charm offensive with republicans, but the fact is coming
>> the president talked candidly about how difficult it is when you have rick perry and rick scott in texas and florida respectively, opposing this. in the westo i was wing and i had a senior obama aide tell me that by this time this would be more popular than the super bowl. this has not happened, you have democrats who are apprehensive about this. >> democrats are nervous about the failure thus far to inform people of the benefits and what will be good about this. that john has...
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they had a meeting to talk about immigration. that was issue number one. how to figure it out, how to proceed. >> this is a top priority for president obama. it's a legacy issue for president obama. what can he do given the republican house? does it help if he gets involved and starts making the case with this with the public or does it drive them further away? >> in the senate, you saw the president and the administration taking a back seat. they led the senators take on the conversation. they were influencing from behind the scenes but there was no public display. that's changed completely in the house. the president met with the hispanic caucus -- caucus a few days ago and that was one of the messages, get out and push this to the house. >> what about janet napolitano? announced today she's leaving to head the university of california system. the department of homeland security has been a vigorous player in the immigration debate. a lot of deportations but also enacting the dream act executive actions. what does her departure mean? >> she's been the sal
they had a meeting to talk about immigration. that was issue number one. how to figure it out, how to proceed. >> this is a top priority for president obama. it's a legacy issue for president obama. what can he do given the republican house? does it help if he gets involved and starts making the case with this with the public or does it drive them further away? >> in the senate, you saw the president and the administration taking a back seat. they led the senators take on the...
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president obama talked up the law's benefits in washington today, and brushed aside rising disapproval in public polls. >> more people without insurance have gained insurance, more than three million young americans who've been able to stay on their parents' plan, the more than half a million americans and counting who are poised to get coverage starting on january 1, some for the very first time. and it is these numbers, not the ones in any poll, that will ultimately determine the fate of this law. >> woodruff: republicans said the new numbers on enrollment are cold comfort to millions who've had their coverage canceled or face higher premiums. 9-1-1 phone calls from sandy hook elementary school, during last year's mass shooting, were made public today. the seven recordings revealed police dispatchers in newtown, connecticut, urging callers to take cover, even as gunfire echoed. 20 children and six educators were shot to death by 20-year- old adam lanza. a judge ordered the audio material released under the state's freedom of information law. the suspected gunman in the deadly shootin
president obama talked up the law's benefits in washington today, and brushed aside rising disapproval in public polls. >> more people without insurance have gained insurance, more than three million young americans who've been able to stay on their parents' plan, the more than half a million americans and counting who are poised to get coverage starting on january 1, some for the very first time. and it is these numbers, not the ones in any poll, that will ultimately determine the fate...
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and not just the schmooshing of matters and stuff he just doesn't want to talk to anybody. we've heard this a million times. i don't the that's going to change. he's not suddenly going to become the guy who is like bill clinton, who is either twisting arms or slapping backs. that's just, i've seen no change to that effect. i think that is deeply rooted in his character. i think if anything getting re-elect has lessened the incentive for him to change that way. he's come to a determination you never really thought it mattered and i think he really now thinks it matters going forward and he does believe in this outside game. i think hi grit es lesson of the last four years is that most of the time when he tried to play the inside game in washington it didn't necessarily work to his advantage. even when he got things through salutively and the campaign infrastructure setting up outside of the white house and trying to do grassroots mobilization to not shoes the campaign infrastructure the technology the sophistication they have and to build from the out side to really do thing
and not just the schmooshing of matters and stuff he just doesn't want to talk to anybody. we've heard this a million times. i don't the that's going to change. he's not suddenly going to become the guy who is like bill clinton, who is either twisting arms or slapping backs. that's just, i've seen no change to that effect. i think that is deeply rooted in his character. i think if anything getting re-elect has lessened the incentive for him to change that way. he's come to a determination you...
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for anything they've done in afghanistan and other talking about sovereignty. >> president obama laid down a red line but he wants to use accepting that red line as leverage to get the americans to commit as much money for as long as possible for afghan security forces. >> do you think they stepped up the time line today in the meeting or did the president signal that when he came out and i wonder if you think that the choice of hagel signals something about the president's commitment? think hagel's very interesting. if i had to say what is the obama doctrine? it is end today's wars as quickly as possible, be reticent about getting involved in future wars and nation-build at home as he said constantly during the campaign and that means drawing down the pentagon because you need that money and hagel comports with that world view exactly so hagel fits perfectly with the obama administration's agenda right now. gwen: alexis, you were at the white house for the news conference this afternoon and to get to christie's question, did you have a sense that they meant to make an announcement th
for anything they've done in afghanistan and other talking about sovereignty. >> president obama laid down a red line but he wants to use accepting that red line as leverage to get the americans to commit as much money for as long as possible for afghan security forces. >> do you think they stepped up the time line today in the meeting or did the president signal that when he came out and i wonder if you think that the choice of hagel signals something about the president's...
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i thought the most adroit political move was president obama endorsing president bush's leadership on immigration and saying that this was his legacy, and let's vindicate his vision. grassley, ahuck ranking member of the senate judiciary said, after the boston bombings, all this talk about immigration reform, it is time to look at immigration laws and policies already in place to make sure we are addressing national security issues. >> the bombings have implications on terror policy, implications on the miranda rule and all of that. it does not have any implications in reality of immigration. i know is being used left and right but you will have immigrants, going back to the early 19th century, 20th- unexpected is not and it is the price of immigration, of which the good that we get from immigrants far weighs theseut feelings of this affection or violence. >> amazingly, we sit here week after week talking about how washington is dysfunctional. this is the first time i thought they would do something. the stars are in alignment. really, the republicans cannot afford to bid anti-immigra
i thought the most adroit political move was president obama endorsing president bush's leadership on immigration and saying that this was his legacy, and let's vindicate his vision. grassley, ahuck ranking member of the senate judiciary said, after the boston bombings, all this talk about immigration reform, it is time to look at immigration laws and policies already in place to make sure we are addressing national security issues. >> the bombings have implications on terror policy,...
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we'll talk about his book, "collission 2012: obama vs. romney and the future of elections in america." and also, about the sale of the "washington post." >> 2008 campaign was a campaign about hope and change, and an aspiration that barack obama gave to people that then he tried to fulfill. one of the reasons i called this book "collission 2012" was there was the america that voted in 2008 for barack obama, and there was the america that voted voten 2010 to bring republicans into power in the house, and the question was this was a clash between those two americas. >> rose: we conclude this evening with hugh laurie, the star of house, who has a new album, a blues albull called "didn't it rain." >> it's an extraordinary physical pleasure to me-- well, to everyone. this is a thing i keep thinking about with acting. acting is an intriguing and absorbing problem, but at the end of the day, after a hard day at work, nobody goes home and relaxes by doing a bit of acting. >> rose: same thing, yes. >> whereas with music, everybody-- no matter what
we'll talk about his book, "collission 2012: obama vs. romney and the future of elections in america." and also, about the sale of the "washington post." >> 2008 campaign was a campaign about hope and change, and an aspiration that barack obama gave to people that then he tried to fulfill. one of the reasons i called this book "collission 2012" was there was the america that voted in 2008 for barack obama, and there was the america that voted voten 2010 to...
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and ended up saying boehner and obama reached a deal and obama walked away from it. well, eric cantor, in his interview with ryan lizza of "the new yorker" a couple of months ago basically corrected him. he said, well, i talked to boehner and said it really wouldn't be a good idea to reach a deal now because then the issue evaporates. the president gets the credit, and he has a better chance of being re-elected. better to keep it alive and fight it out in the -- in the election. >> and it didn't pay off for them, did -- >> it didn't pay off at all. >> except they held the house but it didn't pay off for them in the senate. he lost two seats in the senate. didn't pay off for him in winning the presidency? >> it was a -- call it a riverboat gamble, i suppose you could say. because what cantor said in that interview was -- if we win it all, then we don't have to compromise. they didn't. but the reaction wasn't, all right, now we have to compromise. instead it was, we're still not going to compromise. >> you've said you have some hope for the senate. there is some seemin
and ended up saying boehner and obama reached a deal and obama walked away from it. well, eric cantor, in his interview with ryan lizza of "the new yorker" a couple of months ago basically corrected him. he said, well, i talked to boehner and said it really wouldn't be a good idea to reach a deal now because then the issue evaporates. the president gets the credit, and he has a better chance of being re-elected. better to keep it alive and fight it out in the -- in the election....
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he laid down a marker for this when he talked abut equality. >> mark? >> establishing my grading system at the outset, i give a's second,ln, roosevelt's and kennedy paused only. i would give obama a b, a bb- plus. he was far more surefooted than had been in the past. since the member 6 he has shown a far clearer sense of what he wants to do. i think this was a communitarian address, a lot more than the individualism and we have heard in recent past. >> charles? >> i will buck the tide of grade inflation that has infected the panel. if you are a liberal, this was an a plus, a declaration of a liberal future. declaration that 30 years of conservative ascendancy that began with a ragged's inaugural where he stated in a minute and a half, government is not the solution, but is the problem, this was an overturning of that. this is a way of saying we are in a new era which he will initiate. from that perspective, i give him credit for honesty, open this, boldness about who he is and what he wants to do. i was just amazed that so many in the media heard were s
he laid down a marker for this when he talked abut equality. >> mark? >> establishing my grading system at the outset, i give a's second,ln, roosevelt's and kennedy paused only. i would give obama a b, a bb- plus. he was far more surefooted than had been in the past. since the member 6 he has shown a far clearer sense of what he wants to do. i think this was a communitarian address, a lot more than the individualism and we have heard in recent past. >> charles? >> i will...
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. >> that's what candidate obama said in 2008. these two men are very much in sync. i'm not the first to say this, this is really a band of brothers. the president, vice president biden, john kerry secretary of state is and chuck hagel, if they're all confirmed, they all served together on the senate foreign relations committee. so they really know each other, and they are in sync in a way that i don't think we've seen a team like this before. this isn't a team of rivals. >> beginning to sound like good ol' boys. by the way, where are the women in this administration forth coming? >> hillary is gone. >> there's valerie, john. leave it alone. >> solis is leaving. >> can i finish? >> yeah. >> hillary is gone. all the other jobs were occupied by white man. i don't think this president feels the compulsion to look like a benatante. if the republicans want to argue that the president's cabinet isn't diverse enough, have at it. >> did you see the group with obama with the sleeves rolled up? they were all boys. out of 14 or 15 people gat
. >> that's what candidate obama said in 2008. these two men are very much in sync. i'm not the first to say this, this is really a band of brothers. the president, vice president biden, john kerry secretary of state is and chuck hagel, if they're all confirmed, they all served together on the senate foreign relations committee. so they really know each other, and they are in sync in a way that i don't think we've seen a team like this before. this isn't a team of rivals. >>...
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president obama has been very careful. he has only said he would not allow iran to get a nuclear weapon. and it sounds like they're splitting hairses but they're talking about two different things. if the red line for the israelis is a capability the iranians may be close to that. if it's a weapon it may be pretty far from that . >> rose: let's north korea and the new secretary of defense saying we want to have the capacity to stop the north koreans if they decide to make an attack on the united states. do we have that technology now? >> what we have no is about 30 anti-missile batteries set up n alaska just south of fair banks and in california. and their success rate is pretty limited, charlie. when they are tested against dummy warheads, they hit about a little over 350% of those -- 50% under those ideal conditions. i would not call this a fabulous deternal. at the same time by bolstering it adding 14 over the next few years, they're trying to signal to the north koreans that the u.s. is serious about this but more impo
president obama has been very careful. he has only said he would not allow iran to get a nuclear weapon. and it sounds like they're splitting hairses but they're talking about two different things. if the red line for the israelis is a capability the iranians may be close to that. if it's a weapon it may be pretty far from that . >> rose: let's north korea and the new secretary of defense saying we want to have the capacity to stop the north koreans if they decide to make an attack on the...
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but what the obama administration and the congress agreed on, people talk about as a really bad deal but it's actually a pretty good deal. >> talking about the most recent one. >> the most recent one, sorry to be unclear. the stuff that came out in january to avoid the sequester and all that. >> it's to me-- . >> rose: the republicans think thats with a win-win for the president. >> i think win-win is right. i think-- . >> rose: the president. >> i think-- . >> rose: they don't think it is a good deal. >> i think it is a win-win for the american people, broadly speaking because two things happened. first is we said that one of the big things that is driving us to deficits is messed up health-care system. the other thing is simply for years now going back to 2000, we have had about a 3% gap on average between how much the federal government spends and how much we tax. and you have to close that gap. you can't keep doing that year after year. and this does constructive steps towards that. by putting back up the payroll tax, by raising the taxes on the highest income americans. you're t
but what the obama administration and the congress agreed on, people talk about as a really bad deal but it's actually a pretty good deal. >> talking about the most recent one. >> the most recent one, sorry to be unclear. the stuff that came out in january to avoid the sequester and all that. >> it's to me-- . >> rose: the republicans think thats with a win-win for the president. >> i think win-win is right. i think-- . >> rose: the president. >> i...